1. PCR-based national bacterial meningitis surveillance in Turkey: years 2006 to 2009.
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Toprak D, Soysal A, Torunoğlu MA, Turgut M, Türkoğlu S, Pimenta FC, Carvalho Mda G, Wang X, Mayer L, Altnkanat G, Söyletir G, Mete B, and Bakr M
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- Adolescent, Bacteria classification, Bacteria isolation & purification, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Meningitis, Bacterial microbiology, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Serotyping, Turkey epidemiology, Cerebrospinal Fluid microbiology, Epidemiological Monitoring, Meningitis, Bacterial diagnosis, Meningitis, Bacterial epidemiology, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques methods, Polymerase Chain Reaction methods
- Abstract
Polymerase chain reaction-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis including 841 children revealed 246 with bacterial DNA in cerebrospinal fluid samples of which 53% were Streptococcus pneumoniae, 19% Neisseria meningitidis, and 16% Haemophilus influenzae type b. The most common S. pneumoniae serotypes/serogroups were 1, 19F, 6A/6B, 23F, 5, 14, 18 and 19A. Among 47 meningococci, 86% were serogroup B, 6% serogroup C, 3% serogroup A, 3% serogroup X and 3% serogroup W.
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- 2014
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